FOSSILS SPECIMEN: SEA STARS AND BRITTLE STARS
Fossils are defined as any evidenceĀ of prehistoric life. There are two types of fossils: Body Fossils include remains of skeletal bones, shell, carapace, test and teeth. Trace Fossils are clues the organism existed such as foot prints, tracks, burrows and coprolites (fossil dung).
Domain: Eukaria – Kingdom: Animalia – Phylum: Echinodermata “spiny skin” – Superclass: Asterozoa – Class: Ophiuroidea
(brittle stars)
Ordovician to Holocene

Fossil Brittle Star

Fossil Brittle Star
Domain: Eukaria – Kingdom: Animalia – Phylum: Echinodermata “spiny skin” – Superclass: Asterozoa – Class: Asteroidea
(sea stars formerly “starfish”)
Triassic to Holocene

Fossil Sea Star